Yogi hits back, asks Kerala to learn from UP's record on healthcare

CPI (M) scoffs at Adityanath says BJP trying to divert attention from 'discontent' against Modi govt

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath landed in Kerala on Wednesday to bolster Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) campaign to highlight political violence allegedly perpetrated by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) but sparked a controversy over the condition of healthcare in the two states.

With deaths of over 70 children at a Gorakhpur hospital still fresh in public memory, Adityanath advised the CPI (M)-led Kerala government to learn from the example of Uttar Pradesh on checking the spread of dengue and chikungunya, when over 300 people have died of dengue in Kerala. "While Uttar Pardesh effectively checked the